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NYON, Switzerland (AP) UEFA kicked off the competition to host the 2016 European Championship when it set out a timetable for the bidding process yesterday.
Countries must enter the race by March 9, with joint bids accepted from two neighbours or, "i...
DATE: Dec 12, 2008
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TORONTO (AP) — The largest leveraged buyout in history is officially dead.
Arguments over a billion-dollar break fee have erupted after an investment group said an audit found its proposed $35 billion deal to take Canadian telecom company BCE Inc. pr...
DATE: Dec 12, 2008
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Congratulations to:
Nicolle Allers of Swansville Drive, Warwick whose birthday is today.
Jelani Carlington of Barrack Street, St. George's whose 22nd birthday is today.
Donald Simmons of Orchard Lane, Glebe Road, Devonshire who celebrated his birthda...
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Former Premier Sir John Swan has warned that Bermuda needs to wake up and realise it faces "severe consequences" from the global recession, including more job losses and falling property values.
The businessman said Bermuda's economy was hugely relia...
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Self-styled 'Queen of Bermuda' Sybil Barrington is set to feature in a new US book, called We Will Always Be Our Mother's Sons and Daughters: 100 Most Influential Gay Entertainers.
Author Jenettha J. Baines recently wrote to The Royal Gazette: "One o...
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MOSCOW (Bloomberg) — Russia is halting pork shipments from six more US plants, including a Swift & Co. facility owned by JBS SA, after meat from the processors didn't pass Russian import requirements.
Russia, the fourth-largest buyer of US pork, won'...
DATE: Dec 12, 2008
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AS the US Government seeks to close tax loopholes and the UK investigates the island's finances, a third and perhaps unexpected party has taken aim at Bermuda: the Pope.
In a policy paper released by the Vatican last week, Pope Benedict XVI has calle...
DATE: Dec 12, 2008
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CHRISTMAS, Mr. Editor. You know it's that time of year again on the Hill when there cometh the usual last-minute crush of legislation which Government wants to rush through the House so we can all get out early for the holidays. It makes for three si...
DATE: Dec 12, 2008
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The website of Andre Curtis' under-investigation company Harvest Investment Holdings has been removed. It comes after the site was reported to be falsely claiming it was licensed by Bermuda Monetary Authority to provide a series of services.
Harvest ...
DATE: Dec 12, 2008
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Russian central bank allowed the fifth one percent devaluation in the rouble against the dollar/euro basket in a month yesterday as fresh data showed a $17.9 billion drop in gold and forex reserves last week.
The rouble weakene...
DATE: Dec 12, 2008
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